DonutSMP Getting Started
DonutSMP is a semi-anarchy public Minecraft server supporting both Bedrock and Java editions created and owned by streamer @DrDonut. The server is currently the most popular Minecraft server in the world, regularly beating Hypixel with a live playerbase consistently over 35,000 and peaking at 60,000 concurrent players. Season 1 ended due to an overinflated economy and widespread duping, while Season 2 is the current season and is intended to be permanent as documented in updates. The server features Survival as its core gamemode for base building, raiding, and resource gathering. Players progress through a dual-currency system using standard in-game money and shards as a secondary currency, with wealth accumulation depending on spawner farming, auction house trading, and various money-making methods.
Gameplay & Progression
Survival is the main gamemode where players build farms, grind resources, earn in-game money through /sell, and engage in base-hunting and raiding. Given the huge playerbase crammed into a small world border, most bases get found and raided within days to weeks though exceptional base locations might survive a month. Players spread valuable items including spawners across multiple bases using /home slots to mitigate raid risk. The Overworld is split into 6 proxy regions to give global players low ping, while the Nether and End are only available through the NA East proxy. For full technical details on the server network, DNS, and routing architecture, see the infrastructure page.
Economy & Wealth Building
Standard in-game money serves as the primary currency used for most transactions. Players earn money through building and operating farms, selling items via /sell, /auction, or /orders, trading with other players, and operating casinos or markets as documented in money-making methods. The economy experiences high inflation due to the massive playerbase constantly farming and generating money through selling items.
Shards serve as a special secondary currency for purchasing powerful tools, armor, weapons, and consumables from the shard shop. Shards cannot be traded between players. See the shards page for how to obtain them and the full shop catalog.
Spawners provide passive income when found naturally in the world. Skeleton spawners are the most profitable type.
Trading & Markets
The /sell command sells items directly to the server at a fixed price, providing instant money with no competition and working for any item, though it usually offers lower prices than the player market with fixed rates that don’t adjust for demand. The /auction Auction House allows players to list items for other players to buy with most player trading happening through this system where players can set their own prices and often sell for much more than /sell, making it ideal for rare or in-demand items like spawners. The /orders system provides bulk automated purchasing where players place buy orders that others fulfill, offering guaranteed sales with pre-committed buyers at prices usually cheaper than /auction for buyers while still profitable for sellers.
Server Rules & Community
Rules define bannable offenses and allowed activities on DonutSMP. See the rules page for full details on prohibited activities, enforcement, and security guidelines. Scamming, griefing, and raiding are core gameplay mechanics in the semi-anarchy environment.
The DonutSMP Discord at discord.gg/donutsmp is the central community hub for trading, support, and announcements. For a complete guide to the Discord server including the market channel, ticket system, Media rank applications, and security guidelines, see the Discord community page.
Essential commands include /sell for selling items to the server at fixed prices, /auction for accessing the Auction House, /orders for bulk automated purchasing, /home for teleporting to saved home locations, and /friend for managing your friends list.